Signiture link to a ticker count down

[DiMarie]

Anyone know which format I need to get my ticker working? This is the one I uploaded from a ticker countdown for my upcoming vacation.

I did it on the old Brain talk no problems but can't figure out this one when I cut and paste the format they give me.

There were three formats, this one, a V-bulletin, and http, not sure the third.
Here is what I pasted and uploaded:
1. http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt...ccf3/event.png pasted.....

2. http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt...ccf3/event.png
Any thoughts?
Dianne

[Jo*mar]

I wondered why I had to click on the link to see it in your other post.

hopefully somebody will come with info about it - I haven't tried anything like those tickers before.
J

[kimmydawn]

Hi, Dianne. It's good to meet you.

I don't know what might be going on. It's within the specifications required by the site (size, etc.).

Would you like me to try to get it going for you?

Let me know.

KD

[kimmydawn]

Very cool instructions, Lara. thank you!

KD

[ZombieSlayer]

Hi Di :)

Copy and paste this into your signature and then replace the *s with ]

[url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/*[img]http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/4;10701;3/st/20061019/e/Our+Disney+Vacation/k/ccf3/event.png[/img*[/url*

[Alffe]

It's off in mine too....waves @ Lara ;)

[ZombieSlayer]

Hmmm it's on for mine. One of the perks I suppose :confused:

[DiMarie]

That must be my problem that it is turned off...

I tried everything suggested, the is the way it shows in the signiture area OK, but, I can't get it working.

I had one on OBT for my grandson's birthday I loved. Alas, I guess not to be here?
KimmieDawn, not sure if there is anything you can do.
Thanks everyone,
Di

[Wittesea]

I have seen members who are non-moderators who have pictures in their signature.... I can't find one right now, but I know I saw a few just last night.

Is it possible that once a person has the title of "member" (rather than "junior member") that they are then allowed to post a picture in their signature? Or did they use the 'attatch a picture' option when creating their signature?

[mrsD]

But I discovered:

There is a command after you upload your sig pic.. it appears in blue. It says "insert signature picture".
You click on that and it puts the command in your signature, and it appears then in the big box that is above the upload graphic box.
Am I getting thru? It is hard for me to explain. If you see [SIGPIC] in your
signature box, the graphic should show up on your posts.

It is tricky, but I managed both the "mrsD" banner and a short text.
There is a limit however on size, and it is pretty small. Some of my earlier
choices were rejected. It took me several days to figure this one out.

[Jo*mar]

my [IMG] is on but HTML is off

Di do you have [IMG] checked on in your User CP?
might be a default setting - I don't know if I checked them on or if they were already??

[mrsD]

in early Sept.

I could not TYPE [img] commands into the signature box. It won't accept them.

You upload the pic you want, and it has size restrictions, using the
upload feature at the bottom of the signature screen.

Then you click the insert picture statement and it puts a [SIGPIC]
command in for you in the big box. You can't do that yourself. When I
tried, it failed.

So the ticker you upload has to be small...the 100x500 pixels is not a big
graphic.

You can put your ticker on Photobucket I would assume and link directly
to it in each post (not in the sig) if you want. I don't know however if it
continues in time, while sitting in Photobucket?

Does the tickerfactory allow linking? If so you should be able to link to it,
since there are two choices... I used upload from my computer. I made my "mrsD" at Flamingtext.com and saved it to my computer.

You know I am afraid to touch it now.... it was that trickey to do!:o

[mrsD]

Your explanation was much better than mine tho! LOL

Trickey eh? I certainly found it very trickey.

[DiMarie]

Lara,
When you entered it, is it a picture or will the active ticker count the days down? Turning to 21 days tomorrow?
Thanks so much all for lost sleep, brain power and thought provoking computer pounding ideas everyone, lol.
Di

[kimmydawn]

Upload Signature Picture
You may upload a new custom image using the controls below. Either enter the URL to the image you wish to use, or use the upload control to upload an image directly from your own computer.

Enter URL to Image:
Upload Image From Your Computer:
Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 500 by 100 pixels or 19.5 KB (whichever is smaller).

When you go to the control panel and click for signature, you'll see an area that says the above. I pasted the url at "Enter URL for Image" . I didn't put [img] or [url].

That's all I did. Maybe Doc John should know if it's not working...

I'm going to go and change mine to make sure...

Thanks,

KD

[kimmydawn]

Yep, I saved mine twice by copying and pasting the url.

I had to select save, it shows a preview...then I had to select save again.

I hope it works for you!

KD

[kimmydawn]

Ahh, thank you so much, Lara! That's the part I wasn't picking up in this thread, and I knew it existed...I just didn't pick that part out.

I appreciate so much the explanation and dismiss my first posts. ;)

Good luck!

KD

[DiMarie]

Thanks for the update Lara, and all the help everyone.
I am smiling as I give it a try :)
Di
Opp's where is the option to include a signiture? Umm off to figure that out

[DiMarie]

I must have hit quick reply, here goes again.
Di Doing the Happy Dance :D